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Warranties de-mystified!

July 25, 2011 in Customer Service by Pam Morin  |  No Comments

Sometimes printers die.  It can be a sad day when the old HP LaserJet 5-plus spews out its last page.  Sometimes a need is born – a company decides to bring marketing in house and needs a good quality color printer, or decides to ditch several old single function machines and consolidate to a new multifunction device.

When someone contacts Reliable looking for a new or refurbished HP machine they are very likely to talk to me.  Some people know exactly what they are looking for – these people did their research and are usually well versed in the printer industry.

Sometimes I have to recommend a printer.  This is easier with the more information I get – how many pages per month, what printer(s) or machines is it replacing or working with, budget constraints, number of users and other variable information.  With so many things to choose from the biggest determinant is usually the budget and page needs.

With nearly every printer quote and comparison I put out there people have questions about how the warranty works.  We have had a lot of experiences here with the whole gamut of warranties.  Care Packs, factory one year warranties, extended warranties, refurbished printer warranties, and out of warranty special claims.

Well, I can’t answer all these questions in a blog post – it would go on for ever and be very, very boring… so I created a PDF for you to download and learn more -  HP and Reliable Warranty.

I’m sure that won’t answer all the questions, but it’s a start.  My other piece of advice is to register your printer – Julian had some great information about how and why here.

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Register your HP printer!

April 27, 2011 in Customer Service by Julian  |  No Comments

We all do it, actually don’t do it.  I just recently purchased a digital camera and I almost did exactly what I have done as long as I can remember, toss out the registration card.  Something stopped me this time – and that something was HP.

As you may have heard HP has had a lot of main board failures.  I have seen service advisories on the HP LJ M1522n and M2727nf multi function printers (discontinued), as well as the M2727nf multi function printer.  Both are popular MFP models because of their low acquisition price.  The service advisories are for the flat bed scanner and the formatter (main board).

Because of the issues HP has extended technical support and replacement for one additional year on those M1522’s and M2727’s, along with a few other printers.  The problem is – if you didn’t register your product for the basic warranty you may not be eligible for the additional coverage.  When a product is not registered, the warranty start date is the date the product was manufactured – that could be months to a year.

Registration is simple, just complete the post card that comes with your product, or go to this web address within 30 days of purchase: https://register.hp.com/americas/flowPage/registration/index.do?execution=e1s1&cc=US&lang=en

You can also learn more at HP’s Total Care page:  http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/427347-0-0-225-121.html

Reliable Technologies is an Authorized Service Provider and Reseller – we are not HP.  We cannot register products for customers, and if HP denies a claim it is the customers’ responsibility, which is why we sometimes ask for a credit card even if you have a case number from HP.

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